January 2006

by Rafael Hernandez on January 19, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has the details of a possible leak of specifications for ATI’s “rumored” X1900 graphics chip. Sapphire’s XT/XTX/CrossFire specs are available and it looks to be a very well equipped board. Amazingly the XT version seems to be…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 19, 2006 · 0 comments

System Cooling has an early look at the XClio 3060 PC case. Normally such a chassis wouldn’t be all that impressive but it goes about cooling your system with a rather large 250mm fan in its side panel. A good…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 19, 2006 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews has a look at the X1800XL and XT CrossFire setups. The CrossFire mastercard automatically matches the XL feature set when they’re paired up, simplifying matters somewhat but when paired with an XT it runs full boar and, with…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 18, 2006 · 0 comments

Nvidia has launched a new chipset named the GeForce 7300 GS. The new chip features a good chunk of the technology found in the rest of the 7000 series lineup but it’s targeted at the low-end of the market so…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 18, 2006 · 0 comments

The Firing Squad takes a look at the anti-aliasing, texture filtering quality, and performance on ATI’s X1800 and Nvidia’s 7800 graphics boards. ATI’s CrossFire seems to perform very well at high AA/AF levels while Nvidia’s SLI performance takes a beating….

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 18, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has tried out Futuremark’s recently released 3DMark06 benchmarking application. The software uses the lastest graphics feature sets in order to bring even the most powerful PCs to its knees. It’s “value” is often debated but it’s still a decent…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 17, 2006 · 0 comments

Club Overclocker has a review of the Gigabyte G-Power Lite CPU cooler. The heatsink takes a page out of the Thermalright XP-120 playbook with a mass of heatpipes and aluminum fins. A nice cooler with low “quoted” noise output which…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 17, 2006 · 0 comments

DV Hardware has a look at the ThermalTake Eclipse DV VC6000 PC enclosure. The case would be a run-of-the-mill chassis but it includes a nifty feature, namely a built-in slim-line combo DVD/CD-RW drive in the door. An interesting setup but…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 17, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has the details on a pair of new chipsets, from Nvidia, for Intel CPUs. The chipsets are designed for the more budget oriented systems and are more limited in their “extreme” options but some new additions, like Azalia HD…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 16, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a review of the Asus P5WD2-E Premium motherboard. The product features Intel’s 975x chipset and it, being Asus’ premium line its spec sheet is stacked with plenty of additional on-board hardware. A great performer although its pricing will…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 16, 2006 · 0 comments

hardCOREware has a look at the Zalman FS-V7 Fatal1ty graphics card cooler. The usual Zalman fin design is there bumping up the cooler’s surface area which has a nice effect on cooling performance over the usual stock cooler. A nice…

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